Lawton, Stoughton capture titles

By THE CANADIAN PRESSPublished December 3, 2012 - 4:16am Last Updated December 3, 2012 - 7:24am

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Jeff Stoughton of Winnipeg defeated world champion Glenn Howard 4-3 on Sunday in the men’s final of the Capital One Canada’s Cup of curling, while Stephanie Lawton won the women’s title.

Stoughton and Lawton each scored in the 10th end to secure a spot in the 2013 Roar of the Rings.

Lawton — teaming up with Marliese Kasner, Sherri Singler and Sherry Anderson — won 6-4 over a Jennifer Jones team that was being skipped by Kaitlyn Lawes.

Stoughton was joined by Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers and Mark Nichols in taking out the Coldwater, Ont., skip.

The men’s and women’s champions receive one of the six automatic qualification spots for the Roar of the Rings next December in Winnipeg — the tournament that will determine Canada’s entries at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.